12.12 “Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments” Eric Stout Sidney Wilmot Janak Babaria Rebekah Rodas Taylor Wickham APUSH | Primary Source Document Project

The 14 th Amendment was passed in 1868 The 15 th Amendment was passed in 1870.

` The 14 th Amendment was ratified on July 9 th,  It granted citizenship to “all persons born or naturalized in the united States,” which included former slaves, and were recently freed. APUSH | Primary Source Document Project Historical Context 14 th Amendment

The 15 th Amendment was passed by Congress on February 26 th,  Ratified on February 3 rd,1870. This Amendment granted African American Men the right to vote. APUSH | Primary Source Document Project Historical Context 15 th Amendment

The primary audience is all people who are born within the United States or people who are admitted citizenship.  Naturalization. o The process in which a foreign citizen is granted citizenship by completing a set of requirements. The secondary audience are the states.  It addresses the states by explicitly stating they have no power to revoke the citizenship nor deprive any person of “life, liberty, or property.” APUSH | Primary Source Document Project I ntended Audience 14 th Amendment

The primary audience is citizens of the United States.  This is exclusive to only all white men. The States are also indirectly addressed.  They cannot revoke the right to vote/Suffrage Congress has the power to enforce this. APUSH | Primary Source Document Project Intended Audience 15 th Amendment

The Purpose is to protect the rights of Native-born black Americans after being freed due to the emancipation proclamation (1863) APUSH | Primary Source Document Project Purpose 14 th Amendment

The purpose is to grant African American men the right to vote because the 14 th Amendment made them a legal citizen. APUSH | Primary Source Document Project Purpose 15 th Amendment

The 14 th Amendment allowed the government to punish states that abridged citizens’ right to vote (suffrage) by reducing their representation in Congress. Ratified on July 9 th, APUSH | Primary Source Document Project Point of View 14 th Amendment

William Stewart of Nevada was a member of the senate committee on the Judiciary, who guided the 15 th Amendment. Ratified on February 3 rd, APUSH | Primary Source Document Project Point of View 15 th Amendment

3 clauses: 1.Citizenship Clause- citizenship to those born in U.S.  Directed towards African Americans. 2.Due Process Clause-protects first amendment and prevents it from being revoked without due process. 3.Equal Protection Law- no discrimination by law.  Extended protection to the state governments. APUSH | Primary Source Document Project Outside Information 14 th Amendment

Many states were wary of the 15th amendment, mostly because they did not want Chinese and Irish immigrants voting -California and Oregon would not ratify the amendment because they did not want Chinese and Irish immigrants voting. -After the US Army was pulled from the south, white southerners reasserted their power and passed laws that prevented those whose grandfathers weren’t citizens from voting, and even making people pay to vote APUSH | Primary Source Document Project Outside Information 15 th Amendment

-bring back the Confederacy! -US took responsibility -refused to take the debts of the confederacy -made sure debts due to emancipation of slaves were avoided. APUSH | Primary Source Document Project Outside Information 15 th Amendment

15th amendment gave the right to vote to anyone of any “race, color, or previous condition of servitude” -Before the 15th amendment and the Civil war, African American could not vote. APUSH | Primary Source Document Project Synthesis 15 th Amendment